CVE-2012-4755

high

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in SciTools Understand before 2.6 build 600 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse wintab32.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .udb file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2012-5071.php

http://www.scitools.com/support/buildLogs/understand26_build_log.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/47921

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-09-06

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High